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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Wong Nee" <wongnee_bt044@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: wonglee_barr@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:30:00 +0800
Subject: Expecting Your Quick Response

Dear Beloved One,

Please accept this surprise mail, be patient to go through it carefully and
give it a due consideration.
Before anything else,Let me introduce myself.I am Barr.Wong Nee,a legal
practitioner.
I am an attorney to Late Edwards J. Donald, who herein after shall be
referred to as my late client.He died as a result of heart condition in
November 2004.

My reason for sending you this email is to help secure the funds left behind
by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank
where this fund valued at $3.5 million dollars was deposited.

This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the account
will be confiscated, and so far, all my efforts to get hold of someone
related to this man has proved abortive.

This is my proposal:I am asking for your consent to present you to the bank
as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my late client, since you have the
same last name,so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.Then
we can share the amount on a mutually agreed-upon percentage.

All legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin will be
provided. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law.However,if this business proposition offends your
moral values,do accept my apology.

Please contact me at once to indicate your interest.

Best Regards,

Barr.Wong Nee (LLB Hons.)

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